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Nuage Networks Named To CRN's Virtualization 50 List

Editors Highlight the Most Innovative Vendors in the Virtualization Space

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --Nuage Networks, the Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) venture focused on software defined networking (SDN) solutions, today announced it has been named to CRN's 2014 Virtualization 50 list. The annual project highlights channel-friendly companies that have built some of the most innovative virtualization technology available today.

Selected by CRN editors, the 2014 CRN Virtualization 50 recognizes the vendors that are addressing a growing market need for the channel with technology that forms the building blocks of today's virtualization solutions. The list aims to help solution providers identify and evaluate virtualization technology vendors and programs to help grow their businesses.

"The editorial team at CRN strives to offer its readership consistently unique content to navigate through the growing number of options when it comes to innovative technologies available today, and virtualization is no exception," said Robert Faletra, CEO, The Channel Company. "As market adoption among virtualization solutions gains momentum, our annual Virtualization 50 list serves as a valuable resource in the purchasing process. We congratulate the winners and look forward to their continued success."

"We are honored to be recognized by CRN as one of the most innovative vendors in the virtualization space," said Sunil Khandekar, VP and General Manager of Nuage Networks. "We have made great progress over the last year to empower our customers to realize the full potential of cloud, where innovation isn't hampered by infrastructure, and where network resources are as effortlessly consumable as compute and storage."

The 2014 Virtualization 50 list is featured in the June issue of CRN Magazine and will be featured online at www.CRN.com.

ABOUT NUAGE NETWORKS

Nu-ahj: From French, meaning 'cloud'. Nuage Networks brings a unique combination of groundbreaking technologies and unmatched networking expertise to the enterprise and telecommunications industries. The Silicon Valley-based start up has applied radically new thinking to the problem of delivering massively scalable and high programmable SDN solutions with the security and availability required by business-critical environments. Nuage Networks, backed by Alcatel-Lucent's (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) rapidly growing IP division, has the pedigree to serve the needs of the world's biggest clouds. The cloud has made promises – the mission of Nuage Networks is to help you realize them.